Garage



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GARAGE Filed March 21. lass 2 sheets-sheet `1 ,11 7

F. E. DHUMY Nov. s; 1932.

GARAGE Filed March 21, -1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 yio ` compartment Patented Nov. 8, 11932 rami-AND E. nmrm, or scansnALE, NEW l conroaa'rron, er New Yonx, rr. v., .a coaroaarron o l s R? BUILDINGS Y .application led March 21, 1930. serial No. 4337,81?.

mportant objects of the present invention are, to provide a built-up garage or storage structure formed of a num er of separately formed casings disposed in superposedrelation and each forming an automobile storage to provide an improved knock-down garage structure which may be readily built up, taken down and set up again 'upon another site; to provide a garage whose size and storage capacity may be, readily varied according to the needs of its patronage; and, to provide suitable means for conveying the automobiles to and from the various compartments of the built up structure.

ln the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of my improved garage structure;

Fig. 2 a side view of the garage;

Fi 3 a perspective view of one of the indivi ual storage compartments;

Fig. 4; a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4 ot Fig. 5;

Fig. 5 a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 6 a perspective view of a sectional storage compartment partly assembled.

The gara e structure is formed mainly by a lar e num er of separately formed casings or ca inets 1. The casings form storage compartments for the automobiles and lthey are arranged and built up in superposed relation so as to form the body of the garage including the outer walls thereof. A cellular body structure is produced by the built up casings and the various cells or compartments are accessible from Within the garage for the storage and removal of the automobiles.

Each casing 1 is a strong, rigid, box-like structure preferably formed of metal and provided with top and bottom walls2 and 3, side walls 4 and one'end wall 5. The opposite end of the casing is left open to rovide a doorway for the automobiles. In t e present instance the walls of the casing are shown as closed but they may be provided, if required, with openings for light or ventilatlon. The casings are preferably all of the lsame shape and size and each is pro ortioned to accommodate an automobile an provide suicient clearance around it.

In the erected garage the casings are arl ings whose closed ends are disposed back to back. ln each group along the corridors the casings are removably disposed, one directly above the other, in Vertical tiers disposed close together in succession along the corridors. ln each tier the casings rest directly one upon another in succession, the lower casings entirely supporting the upper ones. It will be understood that the Hoor plan and the build up of the casings may be varied.

lln the built up structure certain of the closed walls 4f and 5 of the outermost casings 1 are outwardly exposed and Hush and form the front, back and side walls of the building. A suitable roof structure 7 covers all of the groups and is supported upon the uppermost casings.

For conveying the automobiles to and from the various compartments l have provided mechanical conveyor means. ln the present instance this means is in the form of an elevator which travels both vertically and laterally. Disposed within each corridor 6 is a skeleton elevator shaft 8 provided with a wheeled truck 9 at its lower end. This truck travels upon a depressed track 10 which extends the length of the corridor. A motor `driven hoisting apparatus l1 is supported by kthe upper end of the shaft 8 `and suspended from the cable 12 thereof is the elevator cage 13 which is guided for vertical movement in the shaft. v The corridor and the elevator structure are sufficiently wide to amply accommodate an automobile'disposed crosswise of the corridor, and the elevator cage is provided with a turntable 14 for supporting the automobile. It is also provided with an electric motor 15 which has an operativeconnection 16 with the turntable for rotating it. The truck 9 of the elevator shaft is also provided with an electric motor 17 and transmission 18 for propelling the truck and supportedelevator shaft back and forth along the corridor. This mechanical. conveyor means ma -of course be varied.

It will clear that in order to deliver an automobileto its assigned compartment they elevator shaft is driven to one end of the Acorridor to receive the automobile which is then driven upon the turntable 14. Next, the eleshaft is'at the front end of the corridor the.

vator shaft is driven along the corridor to the tier of casings containing the assigned stor- Ae compartments, the elevat'or cage is hoist-` into register with said com artment, thel turntable is rotated. to dispose t e automobile transrersely of the corridor, and the automobile is driven directly into the compartment.

In removing an automobile this procedure is reversed. Y

yWhen this garage structure is used in a warm climate it 1s entirely practicable to leave the ends of the corridors 6 open. I-Iowever, I have provided closure means to be employed in colder climates. At the rear of the buildin are closure wall structures 19, prferabl ormed of metal, which extend the .2'5 width an hei ht of the corridors, are secured in any suitab e manner to the adjacent casings and are extended outward to provide clearance for the elevatorshafts when the latter are at the rear ends of the corridors. For closing the front ends of the corridors ll mount a metal shield 20 upon each elevator shaft. This shield covers the front and a portion of the sides of the shaft and when the tions, as indicate at 24, joined together in any suitable manner. Then said walls, shields and elevator shafts may be built u to-correspond with the height of the uilt up casmgs.

It will be seen that I have provided a very advantageous set-up and take-down garage structure. The storage units or casings will be made referably in a standard form and size and t ey may be ordered from a manufacturer in the number required. Without extensive excavation or other preparation they may be setu on a vacant lot or field. The erection mayrbe only tentative and the proprietor may at first install only a modest number of caslngs. Upon an increase of pat ,ronage beyond the capacity of the garage the proprietor may easily add more casings and generally build up t e structure. If onA the other hand, the location of the garage should irove to be a bad one or he should be vrequire to vacate the land the garage may be readily knocked, down and transferred to another location. In Fig. 6 I have illustrated one manner of forming the individual storage compartments. The Compartment Ahere shown is formed of a number of separately fabricated sections or panels, referably made of sheet metal suitably rein orced and including side panels 25, a top panel 26 a bottom panel 27 and anend panel 28. lThese panels may be releasably secured together, as indicated at 29, by bolts or other suitable means to form a strong self-supporting structure capable of also supporting other compartments and their contents resting upon it. Such a compartment may be shlpped in a compact collapsed state and assembled conveniently at the place which it is to occupy in the cellular garage structure just described. It may also be readily taken apart when it is required to take down the garage.

1. A 'self-supporting knockdown garage structure comprising opposed laterally spaced banks of compartments each of a size to accommodate an automobile, the banks defining a corridor space therebetween, the compartments of the banks having constant- -ly open .inner entrance ends opening into the corrldor space and each bank comprising superposed horizontal rows of the compartments, and each compartment formed independently of a set of previously fabricated panels shaped and assembled to define the top, bottom, sides and one end wall thereof, the bottom panels forming the floors of the building and the end panels and loutermost side-forming panels forming the outer side walls of the building; joining means detachably holding the panels of each compartment 1 erected, the lower rows of compartments supporting the wei ht of the upper rows of compartments and t eir contents; and a roof supported by the banks, and covering the corridor space.

2. A self-supporting cellular garage structure comprising opposed, laterally spaced banks of compartments each adapted to accommodate an automobile, the banks defining a corridor space therebetween, the compartments of the banks having inner entrance ends opening into the corridor space and each bank comprising superposed horizontal rows of'the compartments and each compartment being formed independently ofa set of fabricated panels shaped and assembled to deline the top, bottom, sides and one end wallthereof, the 4bottom panels forming the lloors llO of the building and the end panels and outermost side-forming panels formin the outer side walls of the building; joinlng means holding the panels of each compartment aeeaeee erected, the lower rows of compartments supporting the upper rows of compartments and their contents; and a roof supported by the garage structure. y 8. A self-supporting garage structure comprising opposed, laterally spaced banks of compartments each adapted to accommodate an automobile, the banks defining a corridor space therebetween, the compartments of the banks having inner entrance ends opening into the corridor space and each bank comprising superposed horizontal rows of the compartments and each compartment' being formed of panels shaped and assembled to define the top, bottom, sides and one end wall thereof, the bottom panels forming the floors of the building and the endpanels and outermost side-forming panels forming the outer side walls of the building; joining means holding the panels erected, the lower rows of compartments supporting the upper rows of compartments and their contents; and a roof supported by the garage structure.

4. A self-supporting garage structure comprising opposed, laterally spaced banks of compartments' each adapted to accommodate an automobile, the banks defining a corridor space therebetween, the compartments opening into the corridor space and each bank comprising superposed horizontal rows of the compartments and each compartment being formed of panels shaped and assembled to define the top, bottom, sides and one end wall thereof, the bottom panels forming the floors of the building; joining means olding the panels erected, the lower rows of compartments supporting the weight of the upper rows of compartments and their contents; and a roof supported by the garage structure and covering the corridor space.

5. A self-supporting garage structure comprising opposed, laterally spaced banks of compartments each adapted to accommodate an automobile, the banks defining a corridor space therebetween, the compartments of the banks having inner entrance ends opening into the corridor space and each bank comprising superposed horizontal rows ing a corridor s ace therebetween, the compartments of t e banks having inner entrance ends opening into the corridor space and each bank comprisingsuperposed horizontal rows of the compartments and each compartment being formed independently of a set Aof fabricated panels shaped and assembled to dene the top, bottom, sides and one end wall thereof, the bottom panels forming the oors of the building and the end panels and outermost side-forming anels orming the outer side walls of the building, the top panels reinforcing the floor-forming panels and all of the inner vertical walls of the structure formed by the contactin ends and side walls of the compartments being of double thickness, the lower rows of compartments supporting the upper rows of compartments and their contents; and joining means holding the panels of each compartment erected.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my y of the banks having inner entrance vends 

